This option is applicable to customers who have in present a high amount of money, and would like to use them to cover the loan balance, immediately.

This option will lead to a lower interest/cost for the client (as it is calculated to a lower principal balance) as well as to a changed loan term (as the monthly instalment will remain unchanged).

Example: We will use a more realistic example, in order to show the calculations of interest and new term (final loan repayment).

The client has a loan of 10 000 on a 24 months term, granted on 01-01-2022.

First instalment was 01-02-2022, in equal amounts of 461.45. The interest rate is 10% annually, calculated on a daily basis and applied on monthly due date.

Instalment number

Instalment date

Interest

Principal

Total

Loan balance remaining

Status

1

1-Feb

84.93

376.52

461.45

9623.48

PAID

2

1-Mar

73.82

387.63

461.45

9235.86

PAID

3

1-Apr

78.44

383.01

461.45

8852.85

PAID

4

1-May

72.76

388.69

461.45

8464.16

PAID

5

1-Jun

71.89

389.56

461.45

8074.60

PAID

6

1-Jul

66.37

395.08

461.45

7679.52

PAID

7

1-Aug

65.22

396.23

461.45

7283.29

SCHEDULED

8

1-Sep

61.86

399.59

461.45

6883.70

SCHEDULED

9

1-Oct

56.58

404.87

461.45

6478.83

SCHEDULED

10

1-Nov

55.03

406.42

461.45

6072.41

SCHEDULED

….

 

 

SCHEDULED

24

1-Jan-2024

3.86

454.93

458.80

0

SCHEDULED

The total cost of the loan, from beginning to final repayment, is 1072.13 p.

 On 13-Jul-22 the customer wishes to make a partial early repayment of his loan, in amount of 1000p. He will chose the option to decrease the loan term and keep the monthly amount. After processing the payment, the instalment plan will look like this:

Instalment number

Instalment date

Interest

Principal

Total

Loan balance remaining

Status

1

1-Feb

84.93

376.52

461.45

9623.48

PAID

2

1-Mar

73.82

387.63

461.45

9235.86

PAID

3

1-Apr

78.44

383.01

461.45

8852.85

PAID

4

1-May

72.76

388.69

461.45

8464.16

PAID

5

1-Jun

71.89

389.56

461.45

8074.60

PAID

6

1-Jul

66.37

395.08

461.45

7679.52

PAID

13-Jul

25.25

974.75

1000

6704.77

PAID

7

1-Aug

34.90

426.55

461.45

6278.22

SCHEDULED

8

1-Sep

53.32

408.13

461.45

5870.09

SCHEDULED

9

1-Oct

48.25

413.20

461.45

5456.89

SCHEDULED

10

1-Nov

46.35

415.10

461.45

5041.79

SCHEDULED

….

 

 

SCHEDULED

21

1-Oct

5.64

455.81

461.45

229.87

SCHEDULED

22

1-Nov

1.95

229.87

231.82

0

SCHEDULED

23

1-Dec

0

0

0

0

24

1-Jan-2024

0

0

0

0

The NEW total cost of the loan, from beginning to final repayment, is 922.25, showing the savings that the client made from interest only.

The changes on the repayment plan are due to the new loan balance, after the repayment made by client in amount of 1000. This change in balance is what leads to :

a new loan term

The new balance of 6704.77 will be distributed on a lower number of repayments, by keeping the monthly repayment value constant:

  • the last instalment will only contain the remaining principal and interest to be paid.

as well as new interest amount (compared to previous instalment):

The interest amount is calculated considering the 1000p repayment on 13-Jul, as the interest is being accrued on a daily basis, using the loan balance:

  1. The amount repaid is first covering the interest accrued until 13-07

  2. The remaining amount will then be used to repay the loan principal/balance

  3. The interest accrued between 13-07 and 1-Aug will be then posted on due date 1-Aug and expected to be paid.

Use these calculations to understand the way the repayment plan changes due to the repayment options chosen by client. The real amounts may differ due to system rounding.

CLOSED: how to handle the interest rate when an immediate early repayment is processed? We have 2 options:

  1. The one presented in the example:

    1. The amount repaid is immediately used to repay the principal/loan balance

    2. the interest accrued is not posted at the time of early repayment (thus is not repaid on 13-07) but the accrual continues on a daily basis until the next due date. when the accrued interest between 1-Jul and 1-Aug is posted and expected to be paid.

  2. ACCEPTED OPTION:

    1. The amount repaid is first covering the interest accrued until 13-07

    2. The remaining amount will then be used to repay the loan principal/balance

    3. The interest accrued between 13-07 and 1-Aug will be then posted on due date 1-Aug and expected to be paid.

 

Minimum amount : 1p - OPEN

Maximum amount : total loan outstanding balance + interest due. OPEN

Account source: Main account and Pockets

 

Number of partial prepayments - option 3 - possible: unlimited. OPEN

Fees for prepayment option 2: none

  If the extra repayment is done on the monthly due date, the extra repayment will be shown as an additional transaction.

Out of scope:

  • loan closure scenario should not be used with this product feature.

  • allocation order in case of overdue accounts

 

Technical solution: Jan Görig (Unlicensed)

 

Testing:

  • Happy path: Top-up account with needed amount. Choose option 3 for repayment. Confirm. Check the values in the instalment plan and confirm they are correct.

  • Test amount higher than available on main account → error message on screen

  • Test amount higher than loan balance + accrued interest → error message on screen

Acceptance criteria:

  • No errors

  • Instalment plan shown to changes correctly

  • The money is automatically processed to the loan balance of the client, giving the client a lower loan term

 

Dependencies: TBD

 

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